Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Fundraising against the narrative
A close inspection of campaign contribution reports does not fit the "narrative":
The Democrats’ penetration of America’s elites is evident when we look at how the two parties fare among those at the very top rungs of corporate America.
Through May 1, the Democratic presidential field has suctioned up a cool $5.7 million from the more than 4,000 donors who list their occupation as “CEO.” The Republicans’ take was only $2.3 million. Chief financial officers, general counsels, directors, and chief information officers also break the Democrats’ way by more than two-to-one margins. The Democrats’ advantage among “presidents” is a less dramatic but still significant $7.2 million to $6.1 million. And this isn’t new: In 2004 all but one of these categories of top corporate officers broke just as dramatically for the Democrats, the “presidents” being the exception....
The white-shirt/red-tie brigade of Republican presidential aspirants holds a nearly three-to-one edge among janitors, custodians, cleaners, sanitation workers, factory workers, truckers, bus drivers, barbers, security guards, and secretaries. While Democrats command the financial loyalty of architects, Republicans successfully woo contributions from the skilled craftsmen who turn their blueprints into reality — specifically, contractors, hardhats, plumbers, stonemasons, electricians, carpenters mechanics, and roofers. This trend extends to the saloons, where the Democrats carry the bartenders and the Republicans the waitresses. The GOP field even secures more financial support from teamsters, steelworkers, bricklayers, and autoworkers.
Interesting, and perhaps a reason why Democrats have raised $200,000,000 million more than Republicans in this cycle.
5 Comments:
By 
Dawnfire82, at
Wed May 07, 03:05:00 PM:
The corporate elite trend Democrat, but the Republicans are the party of the rich. Skilled laborers trend Republican, but the Democrats are the part of the working man.
Domestic politics are retarded...
By 
, at
Wed May 07, 03:08:00 PM:
Should any of this be a surprise? We've been living in an inverted world for some time now.
Zhombre
By Andrew Hofer, at
Thu May 08, 12:06:00 AM:
By , at
Thu May 08, 10:05:00 AM:
"The Democrats’ penetration of America’s elites..."
The democrats are merely an incidental factor. The penetration was done, initially, by anti-American Soviet communists and has carried over to today's anti-American neocommunists. Academics, unions, "journalists," probably terrorists, Hollywood types are all in this group. The recently recruited wealthy, the Soroses of the world, probably motivated by guilt, also want to change America to Europe (or Zimbabwe) so long as most of their wealth stays in Switzerland.
The democrats are simply the mindless Bush deranged vehicles by which the neocommunists seek to drive the nation into ruin.
By , at
Thu May 08, 05:23:00 PM:
Allowing trolling is one thing, but isn't there are rule that it has to be at least mildly creative trolling?
Are there no standards at all?
(plaintive sigh escapes him)
